Garment bagging machine with bag feeding rollers



INVENTOR JOSEPH .4 544185 GARMENT BAGGING MACHINE WITH BAG FEEDING ROLLERS 2 SHEETS-SHEET l FIG. 2.

J. A. BLAKE Nov. 18, 1952 Filed May 15 1951 F/G. i.

flmz'aawz ATTORNEYS,

NOV. 18, 1952 $LAKE 2,618,423

' GARMENT BAGGING MACHINE WITH BAG FEEDING ROLLERS Filed'May 15, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 INVENTOR JOJEPH 4. 544165,

Patented Nov. 18, 1952 UNITED STATES BAGGING MACHINE WITH BAG' FEEDING ROLLERS GARMENT v Joseph; A. Blake, Emporia,- Va.

Application May-15-, 1951, Serial No. 226,419

4 Claims. 1

This: invention relates to garment bagging machines and more particularly to a power operated machinev for placing protective bags over garments that have been cleaned and pressed.

The present application constitutes an improve-' ment. over the machine disclosed in my application Serial No. 176,439, filed July 28, 1950', for Repeating GarmentiBagging Machine.

It is. among the objects of the present invention to provide an improved garment bagging machine of. the general character set forth in my prior application in which improved machine, mechanical rather than magnetic means are relied uponto maintain components of the machine in operative association; which includes a bag holding cabinet that can be conveniently mounted on a building wall or other supporting structure andoperator controlled, power-operated means for moving garmentbags-from the interior of the cabinet onto garments disposed on garment hangers suspended from the cabinet; and which is simple and durable in construction, economical to manufacture, neat and attractive in appearance and easy to operate. I

Other objects'and advantageswill become apparentfrom a consideration of the-fo'lloWingdescription and" the appended claims in conjunctionwith the'accompanying drawings wherein":

Figure 1 is a front elevational'view of a garment bagging machine illustrative of the-invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the machine illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse cross sectional view on the line 3--3 of Figure 1;

' Figurei is a longitudinal cross sectional view on the-line 4-4 of Figure 1 Figure 5 is a fragmentary cross sectional view on anenlarged scale taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1';

Figure 6is a fragmentary cross sectional view on an enlarged scale taken on the line 6--6 of Figure 1;

Figure 7' is a perspective view of a hanger supporting block constituting an operative component of the machine; and

Figure 8: is a perspectiveview of the upper portion of the machine.

With continued reference to the drawings, the machine-has a cabinet, generally indicated at ID, of rectangular shape and adapted to be mounted on a suitable supporting structure, such as the buildingiwall l I, or on a suitable stand or carriage.

Thecabinet [0 has a rear or back wall I2, side Wa1ls.l3 and I4, each secured along one edge to a corresponding si'dei edgeof the back Wall 12 and extending perpendicularly in the same direction" from the latter, a top wall It secured along its back and end edges to the upper edges of theback and end walls of the cabinet, a bottom wall walls, and a front wall H which extends down wardlyfrom the front edge of the top wall l d to a location spaced above the front edge o'fthe bottom wall l5, the front wall being disposed sub stantially' in a plane spaced from and parallelt'othe back wall l2 and the bottom wall having its front edge set rearwardly ofthis plane to provide for the passage of the garment bags past thefront edge of the bottom wall.

Hanger rods I 8 and l9 extend between and through the side walls of the cabinet near the top wall 15- for supporting racks of empty garment bags, as indicated at 211 and 2f, at a location at which the bags are readily accessible to be moved over garments disposed on garment hangers sus-- pended from the cabinet. The cabinet ispro vided inone side witha removable door 2-2 providing access to the interior of the cabinet for replenishing the supply of bags on thehanger rods [8 and I9; This door is provided Witha handle 23 to facilitate the removal of the door from the cabinet and the replacement of the door in operative assembly with the cabinet.

A shaft hanger bracket 2'4 is secured to the cabinet bottom wall l6 near the front edge and adjacent the mid-length location of this bottom wall and depends fromthe under side of the cabinet bottom wall at the front edge of the latter; A shaft 25 is journaled in this hanger bracket and is disposed below thecabinet bottom wall adja'-" cent and substantially parallel to the frontedge of the latter. v

A roller 26 of cylindrical shape is mounted on the shaft 25 between the apertured lugs 21- and 28 of the hanger bracket 24 and substantially symmetrical with the mid-length location of the bottom wall 16 of the cabinet. This roller is provided substantially at its mid-length location with an outwardly tapered annular ridge-or rib- 29-for a purpose to be presently described.

A support bar 30 extends transversely across the front of the cabinet at the loweredgeof the" stantially at the mid-length location of the latter and provides a downwardly extending, internally screw threaded socket 32'. An arm 33 of clon gated, preferably cylindrical shape and formed of rigid material, is threaded at its upper end into the socket 32 of the bracket 3| and is threaded at its lower end into an internally screw threaded socket 34 provided on a shaft hanger bracket 35. This bracket 35 provides spaced apart, apertured legs or lugs 36 and 31 and a shaft 38 is journaled in the legs of the hanger bracket 35 supported from the support bar at by the depending arm 33.

A roller 39 of elongated, cylindrical shape, is mounted on the shaft 38 between the bracket legs 36 and 31 and this roller has, at its mid-length location, an outwardly tapered annular ridge or rib 48. The rollers 26 and 39 are spaced apart and are mutually opposed to each other, as is clearly illustrated in Figures and 6.

A block 4|, particularly illustrated in Figure '7, is disposed between the rollers 26 and 39 and has an opening of rectangular shape extending therethrough intermediate its length. Four rollers, as indicated at 42, 43, 44 and 45, are disposed in the opening 46 in the block 4| and are journaled on corresponding shafts or axles extending transversely of the block through the opening therein. The roller 42 rides on the upper portion of the roller 39, while the roller 43 rides on the upper portion of the roller 26, thus holding the block 4| against movement downwardly between the rollers 26 and 29. The block carried roller 44 rides against the under portion of the roller 39 and the block carried roller 45 rides against the under portion of the shaft carried roller 26, the rollers 44 and 45 restraining the block against movement upwardly between the shaft carried rollers 26 and 39.

The block 4| is of rounded cross sectional shape and of a size to pass freely through the hole or opening provided in the top of a garment bag for the passage of a clothes hanger hook thereat through, and is tapered from its mid-length location to both of its ends in order to facilitate its passage through holes in the tops of garment bags. A hook 41 is secured in the bottom end of the block 4| and depends from the block to receive the hook of a garment hanger, as indicated at 48 in Figure 1, and suspends the hanger with a garment disposed thereon from the block, the weight of the garment being transmitted from the block through the block carried rollers 42 and 43 to the shaft carried rollers 39 and 26 and from these rollers through the corresponding shafts to the cabinet [6 of the machine.

A guard plate 48 is secured to and extends along the front edge of the bottom wall i5 of the cabinet and this guard plate is curved upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge of the bottom wall to facilitate movement of the open ends of the garment bags 26 and 2| over the upper portion of the block 4|.

The bags are suspended from the rods i8 and I9 so that the open bottom ends of the bags are located near the guard plate 48. With this arrangement, an operator may insert his hand through the opening between the bottom edge of the front wall H of the cabinet and the front edge of the bottomwall l6 of the cabinet, grasp a bag at opposite sides of its open end and pull the open end of the bag downwardly and somewhat forwardly to insert the upper portionof the block 4| into the open end of the bag, the sides of the bag being disposed at respectively opposite sides of the block. Now, with the rollers 26 and 39 driven in respectively opposite directions and in directions such that their adjacent sides move downwardly, the edges of the bag at the open end thereof will be gripped between these shaft carried rollers and the associated block carried rollers and the bag will be pulled downwardly past the block and forced over a garment on a coat hanger suspended from the block carried hook 41, the block passing through the hanger hook receiving opening in the top of the bag as the downward movement of the ba is completed. After a bag has been forced downwardly over a garment suspended from the hook 41, the bagged garment may be removed and another garment placed on the hook and a ba moved from the corresponding rods l8 and I9 downwardly over this garment, in the same man ner. The machine may thus be used to rapidly place protective bags on garments successively suspended from the hook 41 and the cabinet is arranged to hold bags of at least two different lengths, so that different length garments can be quickly and easily bagged by the same'machine.

The block carried rollers 42 to inclusive are provided at their mid-length locations with annular, substantially V-shaped grooves, as indicated at 48, which grooves receive the ridges on the shaft carried rollers 26 and 39 to hold the block against movement longitudinally of the shaft carried rollers during the operation of the machine.

The shaft carried rollers 26 and 39 are driven by a small electric motor 58 suspended from the under side of the bottom wall |6 of the cabinet by an upwardly extending motor pedestal or base 5| secured to the cabinet bottom wall.

Shaft hangers 52 and 53 depend from the bottom wall of the cabinet at spaced apart loca-.

tions spaced from one end of the motor 56 and a shaft 54 is journaled in these hangers. A belt pulley 55 is secured on the end of the motor shaft adjacent the shaft 54 and a belt pulley 56, larger than the pulley 55, is mounted on the end of the shaft 54 adjacent the motor. A belt 51 drivingly connects the motor shaft to the shaft 54 and a belt pulley 58 is mounted on the other end of this shaft. A belt pulley 59, larger than the pulley 58, is mounted on the shaft 25 in alignment with the pulley 58 and a belt 68 drivingly connects the pulley 58 to the pulley 59 to drive the shaft 25 from the motor at a reduced speed. A belt pulley 6| is also secured on the shaft 25 adjacent the pulley 59.

Bearing blocks 62 and 63 are mounted on the support bar 36 and project forwardly therefrom, one adjacent the bracket 3| and the other adja-cent the end wall !3 of the cabinet. A shaft 64 is journaled in the bearing blocks 62 and 63 and disposed adjacent and substantially parallel to the support bar 36. A belt pulley 65 is secured on the shaft 64 outwardly of the end Wall l3 of the cabinet and a belt 66 connects the pulley 6| on the shaft 25 to the pulley 65 on the shaft 64, this belt being twisted to rotate the shaft 64 in a direction opposite the rotation of the shaft 25.

A pulley 61 is mounted on the other end of the ley 61 to the pulley 68 to drive the shaft 38 and:

roller 39 from the shaft 64. The pulleys 6| and 6c are of substantially the same size and the pulleys 61 and 63 are also of substantially the same size, so that there is no speed change between the shaft 25' and the shaft 38, both rollers 26 and 39 being driven at substantially the same speed, but in opposite directions, as explained above.

A suitable extension cord ii is connected to the motor 56 and extends therefrom for supplyin energizing current to the motor. ihe motor may be continuously operated, if desired, the bags being manually started through the machine as they are required, or, if desired, a control switch may be connected into the extension cord is of the motor for manual control of the motor operation. In Figure 4 there is illustrated a foot operated switch H connected into the extension cord iti, so that the operator of the machine can control the operation of the motor and the driving of the machine as he places th bags in position to be moved downwardly by the machine over the garments to be bagged.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are, therefore, intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed is:

l. A garment bagging machine comprising a front wall and a bottom wall, shaft hangers depending from said bottom wall at the front edge of the latter, a first shaft journaled in said hangers, a support bar extending across said front wall above and substantially parallel to the front edge of said bottom wall, shaft hangers suspended from said support bar, a second shaft journaled in the last mentioned shaft hangers and disposed adjacent and substantially parallel to said first shaft, rollers mounted one on each of said shafts and disposed in spaced apart and mutually opposed relationship to each other, a block disposed between the shaft carried rollers, rollers carried by said block and disposed one above and one below each of said shaft carried rollers, the block carried rollers riding on said shaft carried rollers to maintain said block between the latter, a motor disposed adjacent said cabinet, speed reducing means drivingly connecting said motor to said shafts, a hook projecting from the bottom end of said block for suspending garment hangers from the block, and bag supporting means in said cabinet for supporting garment bags in position such that the open ends of the bags can be pulled down over said block and the sides of the bags passed downwardly between said shaft carried rollers and said block carried rollers to enclose a garment carried by a hanger suspended from said hook.

2. A garment bagging machine comprising a front wall and a bottom wall, shaft hangers depending from said bottom wall at the front edge of the latter, a first shaft journaled in said hangers, a support bar extending across said front wall above and substantially parallel to the front edge of said bottom wall, shaft hangers suspended from said support bar, a second shaft journaled in the last mentioned shaft hangers and disposed adjacent and substantially parallel to said first shaft, rollers mounted one on each of said shafts and disposed in spaced apart and mutually opposed relationship to each other, a block disposed between the shaft carried rollers, rollers carried by said block and disposed one above and one below each of said shaft carried rollers, the block carried rollers riding on said shaft carried rollers to maintain said block between the latter, a motor disposed adjacent said cabinet, speed reducing means drivingly connecting said motor to said shafts, a hook projecting from the bottom end of said block for suspending garment hangers from the block, and bag sup-porting means in said cabinet for supporting garment bags in position such that the open ends of the bags can be pulled down over said block and the sides of the bags passed downwardly between said shaft carried rollers and said block carried rollers to enclose a garment carried by a hanger suspended from said hook, said block being of rounded cross sectional shape and tapered from adjacent its mid-length location to its opposite ends to facilitate the passage of the block through the hanger hook receiving opening in the closed end of a garment bag.

3. A. garment bagging machine comprising a front wall and a bottom wall, shaft hangers depending from said bottom wall at the front edge of the latter, a first shaft journaled in said hangers, a support bar extending across said front wall above and substantially parallel to the front edge of said bottom wall, shaft hangers suspended from said support bar, a second shaft journaled in the last mentioned shaft hangers and disposed adjacent and substantially parallel to said first shaft, rollers mounted one on each of said shafts and disposed in spaced apart and mutually opposed relationship to each other, a block disposed between the shaft carried rollers, rollers carried by said block and disposed one above and one below each of said shaft carried rollers, the block carried rollers riding on said shaft carried rollers to maintain said block between the latter, a motor disposed adjacent said cabinet, speed reducing means drivingly connecting said motor to said shafts, a hook projecting from the bottom end of said block for suspending garment hangers from the block, and bag supporting means in said cabinet for supporting garment bags in position such that the open ends of the bags can be pulled down over said block and the sides of the bags passed downwardly between said shaft carried rollers and said block carried rollers to enclose a garment carried by a hanger suspended from said hook, one set of said rollers having outwardly tapering annular ridges thereon and the other set having inwardly tapering annular grooves therein receiving said ridges to maintain said block against movement longitudinally of the shaft carried rollers.

4. A garment bagging machine comprising a cabinet having a front wall and a bottom wall, a first shaft carried by said bottom wall adjacent and substantially parallel to the front edge thereof, a second shaft carried by said front wall and spaced outwardly from said first shaft adjacent and substantially parallel to the latter, rollers carried one by each shaft in spaced apart and mutually opposed relationship to each other, a block disposed between said rollers and having an opening therethrough, rollers mounted in the opening in said block and riding on the first mentioned rollers to maintain said block therebetween, a hook projecting from the bottom end of said block for suspending garment hangers from the block, a motor mounted adjacent said cabinet, means drivingly connecting said motor to said shafts, and bag supporting means in said cabinet.

JOSEPH A. BLAKE.

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